公开(公告)号：US11102802B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US16069853

申请日：2016-10-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr ,  Jeongho Jeon ,  Qiaoyang Ye ,  Abhijeet Bhorkar ,  Hwan-Joon Kwon ,  Huaning Niu ,  Seok Chul Kwon

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/14

Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to process scheduled uplink (UL) transmissions is disclosed. The UE can process one or more uplink (UL) grants received from an eNodeB on a downlink (DL) subframe in a first transmission opportunity (TxOP). The UE can determine, based on the one or more UL grants, one or more UL subframes in at least one subsequent TxOP for an UL transmission from the UE. The UE can process the UL transmission for communication on the one or more UL subframes in the at least one subsequent TxOP.

公开(公告)号：US11083019B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US16889636

申请日：2020-06-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Abhijeet Bhorkar ,  Hwan-Joon Kwon ,  Jeongho Jeon ,  Qiaoyang Ye

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W28/06 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: Techniques for communication of a partial subframe and properties related to the partial subframe of a plurality of subframes in licensed assisted access (LAA) for an unlicensed frequency band are discussed. A network device (e.g., an evolved NodeB, or other cell network device) can generate a listen before talk (LBT) protocol in order to determine whether an unlicensed carrier of a secondary cell device is idle or busy. The evolved Node B (eNB) can communicate starting or ending partial subframes in a downlink transmission, and a user equipment (UE) can process partial subframes based on the communications and a scheduling policy.

公开(公告)号：US10979988B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-13

申请号：US16181808

申请日：2018-11-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ajit Nimbalker ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Jeongho Jeon ,  Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr ,  Sergey Panteleev ,  Gang Xiong ,  Alexey Vladimirovich Khoryaev ,  Mikhail Shilov ,  Sergey Sosnin ,  Andrey Chervyakov

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The UE may attempt to decode sidelink synchronization signals (SLSSs) received on component carriers (CCs) of a carrier aggregation. In one configuration, synchronization resources for SLSS transmissions may be aligned across the CCs at subframe boundaries in time, restricted to a portion of the CCs, and restricted to a same sub-frame. The UE may, for multiple CCs, determine a priority level for the CC based on indicators in the SLSSs received on the CC. The UE may select, from the CCs on which one or more SLSSs are decoded, the CC for which the determined priority level is highest. The UE may determine a reference timing for sidelink communication based on the one or more SLSSs received on the selected CC.

公开(公告)号：US11949613B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-02

申请号：US17259102

申请日：2019-08-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Bishwarup Mondal ,  Salvatore Talarico ,  Seau S. Lim ,  Dae Won Lee ,  Jeongho Jeon

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/20

CPC classification number: H04L5/0048 ,  H04W72/20

Abstract: An apparatus of a network (NW) configured to: encode a new radio (NR) Discovery Reference Signal (DRS) transmission, the NR DRS transmission including a synchronization signal block (SSB) and channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) (CSI-RS). The apparatus is further configured to configure the NW to transmit the NR DRS transmission. The RS-CSI may be a fragmented RS-CSI including a first fragmented portion and a second fragmented portion, where the apparatus is configured to encode a symbol of the NR DRS transmission to comprise the first fragmented portion, a symbol of the SSB, and the second fragmented portion, where the symbol of the SSB is encoded on a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) portion of the NR DRS transmission.

公开(公告)号：US11678278B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US17185623

申请日：2021-02-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ajit Nimbalker ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Jeongho Jeon ,  Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr ,  Sergey Panteleev ,  Gang Xiong ,  Alexey Vladimirovich Khoryaev ,  Mikhail Shilov ,  Sergey Sosnin ,  Andrey Chervyakov

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W88/02

CPC classification number: H04W56/001 ,  H04L5/001 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W72/1289 ,  H04L5/0005 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0051 ,  H04L5/0094 ,  H04L5/0098 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The UE may attempt to decode sidelink synchronization signals (SLSSs) received on component carriers (CCs) of a carrier aggregation. In one configuration, synchronization resources for SLSS transmissions may be aligned across the CCs at subframe boundaries in time, restricted to a portion of the CCs, and restricted to a same sub-frame. The UE may, for multiple CCs, determine a priority level for the CC based on indicators in the SLSSs received on the CC. The UE may select, from the CCs on which one or more SLSSs are decoded, the CC for which the determined priority level is highest. The UE may determine a reference timing for sidelink communication based on the one or more SLSSs received on the selected CC.

公开(公告)号：US11664940B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-30

申请号：US16465225

申请日：2018-08-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeongho Jeon ,  Huaning Niu ,  Wenting Chang ,  Jinyu Zhang ,  Dae Won Lee ,  Alexei Davydov ,  Kyeongin Jeong ,  Candy Yiu

IPC: H04L1/20 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W72/04

CPC classification number: H04L1/201 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04L27/2656 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W56/0045 ,  H04W72/0413

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may assess a radio link quality of a plurality of frames for communication, via the interface to the RF circuitry, with a radio access network (RAN) node. When the radio link quality of a frame, of the plurality of frames, is below an out-of-sync (OOS) threshold, the UE may indicate that the frame is OOS. When the radio link quality of a frame, of the plurality of frames, is above an in-sync (IS) threshold that the frame is IS. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE may process information, received from the RAN node indicating a partial subframe, of a subframe, to be used to transmit uplink control information (UCI) to the RAN node. The UE ma also perform UCI mapping for using of the partial subframe to transmit UCI via a physical uplink control channel (PUSCH), and proceed by using the partial subframe to communicate the UCI to the RAN node.

公开(公告)号：US11601315B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-07

申请号：US17531879

申请日：2021-11-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Alexei Davydov ,  Wook Bong Lee ,  Dae Won Lee ,  Sameer Pawar ,  Jeongho Jeon ,  Hong He

IPC: H04L27/26 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are disclosed for determining Precoding Resource Block Groups (PRGs). In one example, a processor of a base station (BS) is configured to determine a plurality of PRGs that includes a number N consecutive Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) over which a same precoder assignment is used, starting from a reference PRB. The plurality PRGs include a first boundary PRG, a second boundary PRG, and one or more other PRGs. The first boundary PRG is located at an upper boundary of a bandwidth part. The first boundary PRG comprises fewer than N PRBs when the upper boundary of the bandwidth part is not aligned with a PRG boundary. The second boundary PRG comprises fewer than N PRBs when a lower boundary of the bandwidth part is not aligned with a PRG boundary. A downlink data channel is transmitted to a UE in accordance with the precoder assignments.

公开(公告)号：US20230029293A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17950468

申请日：2022-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ajit Nimbalker ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Jeongho Jeon ,  Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr ,  Sergey Panteleev ,  Gang Xiong ,  Alexey Vladimirovich Khoryaev ,  Mikhail Shilov ,  Sergey Sosnin ,  Andrey Chervyakov

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04W4/40 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The UE may attempt to decode sidelink synchronization signals (SLSSs) received on component carriers (CCs) of a carrier aggregation. In one configuration, synchronization resources for SLSS transmissions may be aligned across the CCs at subframe boundaries in time, restricted to a portion of the CCs, and restricted to a same sub-frame. The UE may, for multiple CCs, determine a priority level for the CC based on indicators in the SLSSs received on the CC. The UE may select, from the CCs on which one or more SLSSs are decoded, the CC for which the determined priority level is highest. The UE may determine a reference timing for sidelink communication based on the one or more SLSSs received on the selected CC.

公开(公告)号：US20220330381A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17830016

申请日：2022-06-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gang Xiong ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Dae Won Lee ,  Alexei Vladimirovich Davydov ,  Seunghee Han ,  Jie Zhu ,  Dmitry Belov ,  Debdeep Chatterjee ,  Andrey Chervyakov ,  Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr ,  Hong He ,  Toufiqul Islam ,  Jeongho Jeon ,  Alexey Vladimirovich Khoryaev ,  Lopamudra Kundu ,  Yongjun Kwak ,  Jose Armando Oviedo ,  Sergey Panteleev ,  Mikhail Shilov ,  Sergey Sosnin ,  Salvatore Talarico ,  Jan Zaleski

IPC: H04W88/06 ,  H04J13/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) can include processing circuitry coupled to memory. To configure the UE for New Radio (NR) communications above a 52.6 GHz carrier frequency, the processing circuitry is to decode radio resource control (RRC) signaling to obtain a cyclic shift value in time domain. The cyclic shift value is associated with a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) antenna port (AP) of a plurality of available DM-RS APs. A single carrier based waveform DM-RS sequence corresponding to the DM-RS AP is generated using a base sequence and the cyclic shift value. The single carrier based waveform DM-RS sequence is encoded with uplink data for transmission to a base station using a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) using a carrier above the 52.6 GHz carrier frequency.

公开(公告)号：US20220264352A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17733057

申请日：2022-04-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Abhijeet Bhorkar ,  Hwan-Joon Kwon ,  Jeongho Jeon ,  Qiaoyang Ye

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04B7/0456 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04L1/00

Abstract: Techniques for channel state information (CSI) reporting are discussed. One example apparatus at a user equipment can derive, for one or more subframes of a license assisted access (LAA) secondary cell (SCell), one or more channel measurements based on reference signals (e.g., cell-specific reference signals (CRS) or CSI reference signals (CSI-RS)), in those subframes; generate CSI that comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on an average of the one or more channel measurements from multiple subframes comprising a first subframe and a later second subframe, wherein each orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of a second slot of the first subframe is occupied, wherein each of a first three OFDM symbols of the second subframe are occupied, and wherein each OFDM symbol between the first subframe and the second subframe is occupied; and generate a CSI report that indicates the set of CSI parameters.